Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Debate between Huw Irranca-Davies and David Davis

Tuesday 2nd November 2010 Commons Chamber

[Huw Irranca-Davies]

Does my hon. Friend agree that this is not a question of underestimating the capacity of the electorate to make well-informed decisions on myriad voting papers and through different voting methods on any particular date? It is actually a question of overestimating the capacity of party workers to elucidate two or three different arguments at one time on the doorstep. This will lead to a dumbing down of the message from us to the electorate—

[Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con)]

Is that possible?

[Huw Irranca-Davies]

It could happen, unless Ministers have some secret plan and a network of workers who can explain two or three different messages on the doorstep. I do not have such an army of people.